Chapter 954: The Three, To the Bazaar ① (2/2)

I certainly would like to meet Alice's best friend, so I have no problem with the three of us hanging out together. I didn't find anything unnatural with the topic so far…… is what should have been, but for some reason, Alice had this complicated expression on her face.

It doesn't seem like she hates the idea of doing it, but somehow…… it's like she finds that tiresome.

[Well, this best friend of mine…… She said something troublesome, apparently for the sake of her dignity, she didn't want her true identity to be revealed…… Even though I told her that she didn't have that dignity anymore, she was very stubborn about it and wouldn't give in.]

[Her true identity to not be revealed? What does that mean?]

[She apparently already got a plan in place…… I suppose I'll try it out? My best friend's name is ————-, did you catch that?]

[……No, I couldn't hear the name at all.]

[……Even if she's depraved, I guess this would be expected of her huh…… It's even effective against Kaito-san. Well, she's a bit of a pain in the ass like that……  but what do you think?]

[No, I only recognize her as a person with great power at the moment, so I don't really have any problem with that……]

[It's ————- -san's ————- though……]

[Eh? What did you say?]

[As expected, you also were unable to hear that huh…… Haaaaahhhhhhhhhhh……]

How should I say this…… I don't see any problem on my end at the moment. It seems like she would be a being with great power, but since she's Alice's acquaintance, it's not surprising that they're such a person.

There must be some reason why she's trying to hide her true identity…… I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do until I see her myself, but if I just can't catch her name, I couldn't particularly see any problem with it.

Well, I can't think of any reason why Alice would look particularly uncomfortable about this so far but……

[Does Alice not want to do that?]

[No, rather than me not wanting to do this…… I was just thinking that it's really troublesome that I have to be a stopper. However, it seemed like her frustrations had been piling up lately, so I think this would be better than letting her rampage somewhere strange…… Haaahhhh…… What will happen from now on would be just me being considerate.]

[……U- Unnn?]

I wonder why, but that phrase she just said feels very unsettling. Moreover, she seemed more uncomfortable here than when I said I wanted to meet the Ten Demons……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [……Oi…… Explain this, traitor…… Right now…… I'm about to lose my cool.]

? ? ? : [……Can you please stop talking like you're usually calm?]

Serious-senpai : [In other words, this is an arc like that one where Kaito went out with Lilia, and it would then develop into a series of chapters containing each lover going on their own dates, right?]

? ? ? : [I'm not Alice-chan, so I don't really know why you're asking me that, but I suppose you can recognize it like that.]

Serious-senpai : [……Go on a frenzy, Makina.]

? ? ? : [Stop with that frightening curse.]